In this 1992 interview, film and television composer David Raksin, best remembered for his theme music for the film LAURA (1944), recalls the four months he spent with Charlie Chaplin arranging the music for MODERN TIMES. Also presented is a nine-minute piece of the original orchestral track, from the first factory sequence, without sound effects.
In 1967, Cuban documentary filmmaker Octavio Cortazar followed a projectionist whose mission was to show moving pictures to rural communities for the first time. Cortazar’s short film, presented here, documents one audience’s response to its first film: Chaplin’s MODERN TIMES.
This documentary, produced by Philippe Truffault in 2003, places MODERN TIMES in historical context and includes the personal observations of filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne.
The following interview with Susan Cooke, Alistair Cooke’s daugher, was filmed in 2010.
